I get that. The thing about Professor is stupid. The character dates back to 1940.
Retro-casting superhero films and shows
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I get that. The thing about Professor is stupid. The character dates back to 1940.
Ms Marvel (1978), a Paramount Pictures production along with Marvel Entertainment of a Peter Hymans film, with a script by Harlan Ellison.
Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers: Farrah Fawcett
Mar-Vell: Robert Redford
That's all I can think of for now, if anybody else wants to add on characters/actors related to this character, feel free.
IIRC from my reading of the great Starlog spin-off Comics Scene, Bowie was supposed to be cast as Strange in a movie that ultimately (like everything Comics Scene & Starlog announced was going to be made never did get made) never got made.
Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers: Farrah Fawcett
Mar-Vell: Robert Redford
That's all I can think of for now, if anybody else wants to add on characters/actors related to this character, feel free.
IIRC from my reading of the great Starlog spin-off Comics Scene, Bowie was supposed to be cast as Strange in a movie that ultimately (like everything Comics Scene & Starlog announced was going to be made never did get made) never got made.
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Replace Farrah Fawcett with Jenny Agutter and I think you have a better movie.
Although I don't know how much of a headliner Jenny Agutter would be, most people would be drawn in by Robert Redford.
And if we're sticking to a 70s theme, Fred Williamson as Nick Fury and Pam Grier as Monica Rambeau.
Surely in a 1970s MCU Redford is already Captain America? 
Have you seen the hair on Starlin’s Mar-Vell????Surely in a 1970s MCU Redford is already Captain America?
oh hell yes, I see it now!
I'd go with Cheryl Ladd. She'd be more believable beating people up. Also I liked her better than Farrah.
Her fame was more from her iconic pinup poster and other modeling than for her acting. She didn't "end up" more popular; rather, it was the runaway popularity of her poster -- the best-selling one of all time, apparently -- that got her the jobs on Logan's Run and Charlie's Angels. At that point in her career, nobody was hiring her for her acting ability. Although she did some impressive work in the mid-'80s (notably in The Burning Bed and Extremities) that got awards and let her overcome her reputation as a bad actress.
That poster was as popular for how the suit conformed to her body contours as for her megawatt smile.
My best friend had it in his bedroom. "Farah Frenzies" were joked about.
I had the Farrah poster.
Ditto, but I got it after Charlie's Angels was on the air.
I was a few years too young for Farrah-mania, but once I started to appreciate feminine aesthetics, I found Jaclyn Smith the hottest of the Angels (I've always preferred brunettes). Although Kate Jackson was easily the best in terms of personality and talent.
This movie is based on the original Ms. Marvel comic book, so Fury and Rambeau aren't in it. I do now agree with you and others about a different actress for the main character.
I'd keep the guy that played Jonah in the Amazing Spider-Man pilot, David White. He played Darren's boss Larry Tate on Bewitched, and as Jonah was a very similar character, testy and a master of the slow burn.